"Consistency is a vital ingredient for the long-term success of a fund, but genuine consistency is hard to achieve," says Tim Cockerill, head of research at adviser Rowan & Co in What Investment. Hence Ian Henderson's performance as manager of JP Morgan's Natural Resources fund should be lauded.
As the runner up in the What Investment 2006 award for the most consistent unit trust, Henderson has been recognised as the most consistent fund manager in the specialist commodity sector. With 25 years of experience, he's steadily turned £1,000 invested in the fund in June 2001 into £4,045 today, says Citywire. One of only 12 managers out of 151 to maintain his Citywire A rating over the past 79 months, he remains a member of their diligent dozen'.
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